Mountain Men - Season 12

First aired: 8/24/2023 18 episodes

Episodes

1. Unbreakable

Aired: 8/24/2023

Eustace hunts for his winter meat in the pre-dawn hours. Jake harvests a deer with bow and arrow. Tom helps his friend Paul prepare for trapping season. Ray stalks elk through knee deep powder, and spends a frigid night on the mountain. Aron hauls his winter supplies over a treacherous off-road trail, but the final stretch of the mission proves most daunting.

2. First Kill

Aired: 8/31/2023

Tom instructs young Hank on some essential Mountain Man skills. Newlyweds Jake and Anika hunt elk in the bone chilling cold; Paul takes on an infestation of nuisance badgers; Ray uses bushcraft technology to haul his elk meat out of the backcountry; Aron and Jen clash with a pack of wolves prowling the outskirts of their homestead.

3. Gunpowder and Lead

Aired: 9/7/2023

Tom packs a traditional muzzleloader on a winter deer hunt with Sean and Hank; Jake and Anika complete a successful elk hunt with a backbreaking pack out; Aron and Jen cut down dead trees that threaten to destroy their cabin.

4. Breaking Wild

Aired: 9/14/2023

Eustace and his neighbor train a stubborn stallion; Jake and his team of dogs successfully run off their first mountain lion of the season; Paul tracks and kills a young buck; Aron hunts for moose, while Jen fishes for rainbow trout.

5. Lion Alley

Aired: 9/21/2023

Tom and Nancy make a special buckskin vest for Hank; Jake's snowmobile breaks down in the heart of Lion Alley; Paul takes on a neighbor's beaver and muskrat problem; Kidd and Harry plow a backcountry airstrip so planes can land safely.

6. Ice Cold

Aired: 10/5/2023

Jake spends the night in the mountains after his snowmobile breaks down; Paul traps for mink and pine marten; Eustace helps a friend buy and assemble an antique sawmill; Aron and Jen harvest 12,000 pounds of ice from the lake.

7. Mountain Marathon

Aired: 10/12/2023

Tom begins the countdown to his 80th birthday; Jake and Anika tow a broken snowmobile down the mountain but run into fresh lion tracks and are back on the hunt; Paul sets out to take on a wolf pack.

8. Backcountry Battle

Aired: 10/19/2023

Kidd and Harry traverse through intense whitewater to reach the spawning grounds of steelhead trout. Jake loses his dogs after they follow lion tracks into remote and unfamiliar territory. Paul checks his traps and takes home the biggest prize on the mountain. Eustace mills massive beams to repair a deteriorating dock at a local marina. Aron and Jen mill all their own lumber and rebuild a cabin roof.

9. Untethered

Aired: 10/26/2023

Jake and his dogs tree three cats in one day; Paul prepares his haul of winter fur for market and explores a new piece of land to call his own.

10. King of the Mountain

Aired: 11/2/2023

On his 80th birthday, Tom builds a teepee while Nancy plans a surprise party.

11. Alaska: Land of Promise

Aired: 11/9/2023

Marty returns to his trap line to find it destroyed by wildfire. Mike hunts an elusive herd of Kodiak elk. Lauro and Neil Eklund journey down the Yukon River by log raft on a quest for beaver and fish. Cub prepares for a winter of isolation at his remote coastal cabin. Bret and Ivy traverse a risky shortcut, and uncover a prize set of moose antlers on their Alaska Range trap line.

12. Alaska: Flying High

Aired: 11/16/2023

Marty instructs his teenage daughter, Noah, as she pilots the bush plane. Mike hunts a herd of Kodiak bison, and donates the meat to friends in town. Lauro and Neil check their traps and fishing nets on the Yukon River. Cub forages for shellfish and edible plants. Daniel sails through stormy seas while on a deer hunt to feed his family of six.

13. Alaska: Grizzly Standoff

Aired: 11/23/2023

In the interior, Marty Meierotto puts the stalk on a group of caribou, but the hunt takes a wild turn when a family of grizzly bears comes charging toward his camp.

14. Alaska: In the Crosshairs

Aired: 11/30/2023

Marty embarks on a moose hunt, luring a bull within his sights; Mike's relentless pursuit of foxes yields a collection of prize pelts; as Bret sets his sights on trapping wolves, Ivy balances duties at the homestead.

15. Alaska: Cold Pursuit

Aired: 12/7/2023

Marty has a near death experience when he plummets through ice on a frozen waterway; meanwhile, Lauro journeys deep into the untouched backcountry by dog team to establish an expedition camp.

16. Alaska: The Fire Within

Aired: 12/14/2023

Buried under record snowfall, Marty fights to heat his cabin and maintain his trapline; Lauro and Neil brave the icy Yukon River with their sled dogs, while Mike ingeniously crafts a driftwood windmill to power his homestead.

17. Alaska: Snowbound

Aired: 12/21/2023

Marty digs his bush plane out from a deep snow drift to preserve his one lifeline in the bush; Bret and Ivy escape an avalanche from their cabin roof before embarking on their journey back to home base.

18. Alaska: Born to Run

Aired: 12/28/2023

Marty escapes a blizzard and flies home from the trapline to reunite with his family; Lauro runs a 100 mile dog race and gets closer to qualifying for the Iditarod; Daniel takes down a black bear to provide meat for his family.